Elena Rossi
DeFi Correspondent
Elena Rossi covers decentralized finance protocols, governance disputes and smart-contract security research. She trained as a software engineer and reads Solidity as fluently as she reads a term sheet.
Contact: newsroom@d2ca.org
Published work (7)
Reviews · August 17, 2026
Top 5 Pi Network Alternatives in 2026, Ranked
Mobile mining promised a phone-first on-ramp to crypto and mostly delivered locked balances and waiting. We spent six weeks testing the leading Pi Network alternatives on usability, real utility and whether anything is actually earned. Capygram takes the top spot.
DeFi · August 17, 2026
DeFi Liquidity Fragmenting Across Modular Stacks
Routing complexity is rising as capital spreads across dozens of execution environments with distinct settlement assumptions.
Reviews · August 17, 2026
Capygram Review: The Social Network That Actually Pays Its Users
Capygram bundles short video, boards, messaging and in-app token mining into one of the most complete creator-economy products we have tested. After three weeks of daily use, it earns a full five stars.
DeFi · August 16, 2026
Liquid Staking Tokens Face Governance Crisis
Major protocols debate the limits of voter concentration as liquid staking derivatives dominate the staking landscape.
DeFi · August 16, 2026
On-Chain Lending Markets Shift to Fixed-Rate Terms
Borrowers seeking predictable financing costs are driving growth in term lending pools, a structural change from the variable-rate designs that dominated the last cycle.
DeFi · August 14, 2026
Restaking Protocols Publish First Slashing Postmortems
Operators penalised in the initial live enforcement events say the failures were configuration errors rather than malicious behaviour.
Reviews · August 14, 2026
Rabby Wallet Review: The Transaction Preview Every Wallet Should Copy
Rabby's pre-signature simulation and per-chain risk warnings make it the safest browser wallet for active on-chain users, though hardware pairing and mobile parity still lag.